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No. 6l6,||4. Patented Dec. 20, I898. C. C. KIEFER 8|. L. J. EVEB'T.v

WASHING MACHINE.

(Application filed May 26, 1897.

(No Model.)

Witmaoow UNITED STATES- PATENT CHARLES C. KIEFER AND LOUIS J. EVERT, OF BLUE RIVER, IVISCONSIN; SAID EVERT ASSIGNOR TO SAID KIEFER.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 616,114, dated December 20, 1898.

Application filed May 26, 1897. Serial No. 638,275. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES CVKIEFER and LOUIS J. EVERT, citizens of the United States, residing at Blue River, in the county of Grant, State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vashing-Machines; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to washing-machines in general, and more particularly to that class in which the machine is or may be attached to an ordinary washtub and manipulated to secure the desired result.

The object of our invention is to provide a cheap construction, as also one that is effective, and secure such an apparatus which, as above stated, may be used with the ordinary washtub.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like figures of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is an elevation showing a washtub equipped with our device. Fig. 2 is a section of the pounder on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the attaching-clamp and the connection of the operating-lever therewith. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the clamping-plate and yoke.

Referring now to the drawings,in constructing a device in accordance with our invention we provide an inverted-dish-shaped body 5, having a flaring mouth and preferably.

round in form, and we arrange within the body 5 and concentrically therewith a plurality of annular walls 6 and 7, having equal heights but varying diameters, as shown, forming an inner circular chamber having concentric inclosing chambers.

In practice the body 5 is inverted, and to the bottom of said body 5 are secured uprights 8 and 9, having outwardly-turned feet 10 and 11, forming means for attachment to the body, and intermediate the lower ends of the uprights is arranged a block 12, riveted or other- Wise secured in place and acting as a common brace for the uprights. Intermediate the upper ends of the uprights 8 and 9 is secured a second block 13, the upper end of which is formed into a handle 14, for purpose as will be presently explained. It will thus be seen that an interspace 15 is formed between the uprights 8 and 9, and extending from the block 12 to the block 13 and formed in the uprights 8 and 9 and openinginto this interspace are perforations 16, arranged to aline in pairs. Passed through the interspace 15 is an operating-lever 17, which lever is provided with a perforation adapted to aline with any pair of perforations 16, a bolt or rod 18 being passed through the proper perforations l6 and through the perforation in the lever to form a pivotal connection between the lever and the uprights 8 and 9.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings the apparatus is shown as connected with a tub, and upon reference to Figs. 3 and 4. the specific means for such connection will be readily understood and is follows: A clamp comprising a plate 20, having ears 21 formed integral therewith, is provided with a bearing 22 on one face, in which is pivotally arranged ayoke 23, secured against displacement by means of a nut 2 1 upon its lower end. The fulcrumed end of the lever 17, which is provided with a longitudinal slot 24: is entered between the jaws of the yoke, a bolt or bar 25 being passed through said jaws and the slot,forming a pivotal connection between the lever and the yoke, and allowing longitudinal movement of the lever with respect to the yoke.

In order to hold the plate 20 upon the tub, we pivotally attach to said plate'U-shaped plates 26, said pivotal connection being secured by means of passing one leg 27 of each plate through one of the ears 21 of the plate 20, so that said plates 26 may be moved laterally, as desired. The second leg 28 of each plate 26 is broadened somewhat at its end and is provided with a screw-threaded perforation 29, in which is arranged aclamping screw 30. lhus it will be seen that in attaching our device to a tub the plates 26 maybe manipulated so that the clamp may be attached to any tub, irrespective of its diameter.

In operating our device the material to be operated upon is placed within the tub 31, (shown in Fig. 1,) and-the operator by grasping the outer end of the lever 17 and the handle 14: raises and lowers the device, the walls of body 5 and Walls 6 and 7 engaging the material Within the tub and first forcing the water through the material in the tub and then sucking it back, with the result that Within a short While the material is completely cleansed.

It will be noted that 011 account of the pivotal connection of the yoke 23 with the plate 20 the device maybe swung from side to side and that also because of the slot 24 the device may be moved toward or from the clamp and may thus be manipulated in all parts of the tub. It will also be seen that by means of the different heights of the perforations 16 in the uprightsS and 9 the apparatus may be adjusted to get the best results, whether the tub be full of material or only partially filled.

Having thus described our invention, What we claim is- In a device of the class described, the combination with an operating-lever having a longitudinal slot, of a plate having a bearing on one face, a yoke pivotally mounted in the bearing and inclosing between its arms the slotted portion of the lover, a pin passed through the arms of the yoke and the slot of the lever to form a pivotal and slidable connection therebetween, ears carried by the plate and arranged upon the same face with the bearing, and supplemental U -shaped plates inelosing the first-named plate and having pivotal connection with the ears and clamping-screws in the supplemental plates.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of tWo witnesses.

CHARLES C. KIEFER. LOUIS J. EVERT.

Vitnesscs:

Geo. W. OooN, J os. M. CUBELA. 

